What Mentally Healthy People Do Differently
There is a persistent misconception that mentally healthy people are the ones who feel happy most of the time. In practice, researchers have found…
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David Schottenstein: Prison, Lessons Learned, and Moving Forward
Posted October 23, 2025
David Schottenstein candidly discusses his legal troubles, including a prison sentence for insider trading, and its profound impact on his life. He emphasizes the importance of integrity, the lessons learned from his mistakes, and the value of family support and connection in growing from struggles.
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The People-Pleasing Trap: When Being “Nice” Costs You
Most people who struggle with people-pleasing don’t think of themselves as people-pleasers. They think of themselves as considerate, or easy to get along with.…
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When Your Spouse Is Struggling: What No One Tells You About Loving Someone with Mental Illness
Marriage is often portrayed as a transformative milestone that resolves old struggles and wipes the slate clean. When mental illness enters a relationship, it…
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Why Do I Feel Worse in the Summer?
A researcher named Tali Sharot has spent much of her career studying what she calls the “optimism bias,” the human tendency to overestimate how…
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Why Is “No” the Hardest Word You Know?
A woman in her late thirties described it this way to her therapist: she had agreed to coordinate a community event, host Shabbos guests…
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When Helping Becomes Holding Back: The Hidden Cost of Over-Involvement in Our Young Adults’ Lives
A young couple sits across from each other after their first real argument. It wasn’t about anything dramatic. A spending decision, a scheduling conflict,…
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